Minor Planet Center Orbital Elements
4 August, 1995
T = 1995 Apr. 1.6416
e = 0.994441
q = 0.913023
w = 130.6678
lan = 282.4729
I = 89.4142
Minor Planet Center Orbital Elements for Comet Hale-Bopp (1995-01)
22 February, 1996
Corrected Elements (J2000): Solution 22
Epoch 2450520.50000 = 1997 Mar 13.00000
EC .995028866
QR .914124471
TP 2450539.66868 1997 Apr 1.16868
OM 282.47106
W 130.59479
IN 89.42762
Epoch (TDB) e q w Node i
1996 Mar 1.0 .9973992 .9185010 282.46339 130.31826 89.13023
1996 May 20.0 .9961948 .9161636 282.47280 130.46100 89.42305
1996 Jul 16.0 .9954995 .9148930 282.47405 130.54139 89.43599
1996 Oct 10.0 .9951417 .9142952 282.47264 130.58136 89.43029
1997 Mar 20.0 .9950313 .9141244 282.47109 130.59480 89.42761
1997 Sep 6.0 .9950212 .9140686 282.47031 130.59111 89.42659
e: Eccentricity
q: Perihelion passage distance (AU)
w: Argument of perihelion (deg.)
Node: Longitude of the ascending node (deg.)
I: Inclination (deg.)